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He will always have a special place in Baylor football lore, but now the 2011 Heisman winner has a permanent place in bronze at the Bears' new stadium. A 9 1/2-foot bronze statue of Griffin was unveiled Sunday before the Bears played SMU in their first game at McLane Stadium. The statue is in a plaza between the stadium and the Brazos River, where some fans arrived by boat for the game. Griffin, now an NFL starter in Washington, says he never dreamed of having a statue honoring him. The Bears are playing on the Waco campus for the first time since 1935.

Though he has two years to go on his NBA contract with the Thunder, the All-Star was about to become a free agent in another arena - shoe sales. Clearly Nike didn't like that idea. According to multiple reports, Durant - whose seven-year deal with Nike was about to expire - will re-up with the company after flirting with Under Armour. That apparel company reportedly was offering him a 10-year deal worth $250 million to $285 million. Whatever the figure really is, he'll get a nice pay bump from Nike after making only $60 million on his old shoe deal.